Christopher Columbus: Explorer of the New WorldCapstone, 2006 - 112 pagine A biography profiling the life of the fifteenth-century explorer Christopher Columbus, who opened up the Americas to the Europeans. Includes source notes and timeline. |
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A PATHWAY | 9 |
A SPONSOR EMERGES | 25 |
SETTING SAIL | 37 |
A TRIUMPHANT RETURN | 55 |
THE THIRD VOYAGE | 73 |
THE MAN BECOMES A MYTH | 91 |
GLOSSARY | 105 |
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